Dear Church, We’re Not Doing All We Can To Reach The Unreached World

It’s really quite simple.

Our mission from Jesus: go and make disciples of all nations. (Matthew 28:18-20)

The results of our obedience: The end will come. (Matthew 24:14)

So how are we doing on “finishing the task”?

Well, 29% of the world still have never heard of Jesus.

No access to the gospel.
No Bibles.
No church.
No believers nearby.

Read: There’s A Bunch Of People Who Have Never Heard Of Jesus, And Chances Are You Don’t Care

There are roughly 400,000 cross cultural missionaries.

72% of missionaries go to the most reached countries.
25% of missionaries go to countries with access to the gospel.
3% of missionaries go to the unreached world.

What about money given to missions? Glad you asked.

87% of all money given to missions goes to the most reached countries.
12% of all money given to missions goes to countries with access to the gospel.
1% of all money given to missions goes to the unreached world.

For more on missions giving, read These Statistics Are So Shocking That I Couldn’t Help But Write About It

To summarize: 3% of our global missionary force, armed with only 1% of missions giving, is going out to reach the 2 billion people who don’t have access to the gospel.

Help Within Reach Global bring the gospel to some of the least reached people groups in Southeast Asia.

So tell me, what are your thought on this great imbalance of global missions? For me, I think it’s obvious. It’s maddening! Leave your thoughts below.

Video from Global Frontier Missions Vimeo page